Boiler.



E. C. MEIER.

BOILER.

APPLICATION man m/ww. 1911..

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. 1911.

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BOILER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIO. m1.

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Y Phoenixvilldin the county otg-Ohester and State of Pennsylvania, harelm eute'd cer-f taiir new and useful lmprovementsi u B011 ers,,of whichthe following is aspecificag necting at thei top andbottomWithdrumstion, r p llendQlQ. The boiler'unit 9 includes a I liy illtionlconsistsotimprovem h aiu;-P Ilr yof tubes la hi h conuectat their65 boilers. 'One object of my irivention is totop and bottom with drums14 and 15. p

, make a boilerwhich will. belof simple can The drums ll and 14areeohnccted by structionahd Qfliciel'lt ill Z iCIl-fi tubes 16, and theVdrums 12 and 13 are coil-Q A th bj t i t r d ig t1 1 ved I nectedbytubes 17, it being noted that-the boilerthat all of thelparts Willbegreadily tops ofthe drums 11 and 14c areals o eon w)accessibleqforcleauing'purposes. fl pe edbya ubeilSWhibh.acteas'anequalf A otherobject islto so construct my; in1-1 12mg tube between the"steaiu space of the provedfboiler that-a Preheater fOr; thelfeedf;drumsllandl le, t l

Water will be providedaiidtofsothe flhedrum' 14 -has.a main steam pipe19 preheating portion that-it Willpermitthe leadmg'"therefrom and thedruids 12 and: 75 incomingv i'eed Water toyreadily absorb-heat; lfijhaveblow-oil plpes 20mm 21 coi' uectiiig a and thus-gleihtlyedd to-theefli ie Cy oliithe er w th The drums 11, 12,lll,and11f5,

boile l I wy are arrangedhorizontally and supported Aiurther object'ofmy. invention is'to so. W Fh l 31 Wa l he] druiji i 12 being constructtheboilereasing. thatthe walls will further supported .by a pedestal22orthe EDWA o." EIER, or, rrioEitIXvitL j ruixmeytvimm.

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Be it knowne ithat I, E WARD] (1. a citizen oftrthe Unitedstates, resding at be arranged vertically and horizontally-and to soshapethe'casing that au llindentation ends I which will be described;hereinafter;- I attaiu in the following mannerreference;

will blehproduced in the; outer surface the a Wall to .providejaconyenieut place for the location of the smoke flueg These ,ob'ects, andother ad i aiita'eous being bad to the accompanying drawings in t Figure1' isa'gectional elevatioiiof imit proved boiler. t a 1 1 j Fig 2 is asect onalelevation,lsubstaiie tially similarto Fig 1, show ng amodification in the form of feed water .preheater.

Fig! 3, is a sectiouonthe line 3+3 ofFig, and L I G1 I Fig. tis afragmentary' rear elevat on of the lower drum construction of Hthepreheater; Q i p Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, l represents-the boilercasinghaviug vertical fro 1t;rear, and

side Walls, therear wall-fz haying an ofi-set er -stepped portloufiwhich oonnects Lwlth the upper'ivertical portlon 4 of sa d rear' 1 nethro gh. a d outl t r t i g well, theofiiset portion being substantiallyhorizontal and forming an; ihdeutatioi in the rear wall. r a, A n outletpassage for; the products of oom:

bustiou, is illustrated at 6, and adamper 7 is provided to regulate theamountof open-1 Two boiler units 8 aiid 9 are arranged S pecifiatiou ofLetters Patent. Patented Apinlll llt i e appiicaiibnmalvrym,lsiafseiiuiia.iemio ithin theca singl, the boiler uriitS .eom

'prisinga plurality of Watertubes 109C011 bottom of'thecas'ing.

an" incline toward the front wall 23 bribe? a r incline f audsubstantially casing. Thisds also trueof thefidrumsyir so that the tubes13 alsoextei dat;

parallelwith the whee e-0r the boiler unit 8.

Wall23 and at the bottom of the oasiugthue produomga fire bofi 25 hichis located; forward "ofthe boiler uhit 8. A' bailie 26],

istprovidedbetweeu thetube's 1,0 and er,

tends upwardly from the drum 12' through out a portion ofthe length ofsaidlatter tubes stoppiug short of the drum 11 so Y combustionrisiiiglfroin' the fire x25.

A bafile 2 8,fexteiidii ig between the oppoe f eitely ,disposedr sideWallsfof the }asing1;?

is located between the tubes of the boiler v i toprovide a passage B'l'forthe products of I uuitsfijand -9. This battle is arranged as f fillustrated substantially on a level 'With the top of fthebaflie '26 andconsists of life bricks 29 which restou augle bars 30. These angle barsare oonneotedwyith a plate 31 and, form a rigid, supporting structurefor the p bricks29. F urthermo'rej the bricks ibeing located aboiieandforward oflthe auglebarg and plate, receive the direct heat of the,"

products of combustion. passiiigthrough the,

P ssa 2 and th Whee i eagles 991 pipesaand the arrangement-of thebaffling and Water preheating elements is such as to 1 cause theabsorption oftheheat in an extremelyefiicient manner.

a Furthermore, it Will be noted that the construction is suchlthat it iseasy for a man to getin the boilercasing and Within the sevclean theseveral parts.

eral chambers provided in order to efiiciently I have escribed myinvention as self to theprecise construction setforth, but a considerthat I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairlycomewithin the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim asneW and. desire tosecure by L tters Patent is: v r

d 1. The combination in boiler, of a-casing, a boiler unitmounted-Within the casing, tWo feed Water drums arranged respectively atthe top andbottomof the casing, said bottom drum having openings outsideofthe Wall of the casing, the other of said drums having openingslocatedoutside of the top of said casing, plpes connecting said t-Wosubscribing drums a-nd extending through the space Within the casing,means for admitting feed a Water to one of said drums, means formingcommunication between the other of said drums and the boiler unlt, sa1dopenln'gs be ing in alinement with said pipes, and means for closingsaid-openings, substantially: as described. a a

2. The combination 111a boiler, ot a cas ing, a boiler unit mounted inthe casing, two feed Water drums arranged respect vely adjacent the topandbottom of the casing,

openings therein in alinement With said 1 11 substantially as desoribedwIn testimony whereof I have signed my] name to this specification inthe'presenoe of witnesses.

Witnesses:

N. JoHn NELSON, V

CHESTER W. BACON.

and means for closing said openings,-

plpes connecting saiddrums Within the casing, means for admitting vWaterto the top one of said drums, me n forming contvv munication betweenthebottoln one of said drums'and the boiler unit, each of said drumshaving a portion extending outside of said casing, said latter portionshaving EDWARD C(MEIER; V 7

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